Romeo and Juliet
Compare and Contrast a character from Romeo and Juliet to another character from another piece of literature you’ve read this year. The journal must have strong structural format and the analysis of both characters need to be supported by several facts.
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Loving and protective and the other so selfish and demanding; so different, yet still so similar. A fathers intentions are to protect and guide their children through everything they go through; however Lord Capulet from “Romeo and Juliet” and Atticus Finch from “To Kill a Mockingbird” intentions are very similar even though the fathers were both put into different situations. The characters from the different literary masterpieces both feel like they are doing the best for their children, although their parental approaches are very different, they both have the same intentions.
Atticus, the strong and understanding tried to protect his children from the racism of Maycomb County. On the other hand, Capulet the heartless and controlling, tried tearing his daughters love apart for the sake of his family name, which is selfish. He turned his own kin against him, and had her disobey him. “But, an you will not wed, I’ll pardon you.” In this quote said by Lord Capulet to daughter, Juliet, is saying that if you don’t marry Paris, I will disown you, he will not break my promise to Paris. Rather than cruel, Atticus approached his time of parental guidance in a more of a pleasant manner; he exemplifies a role model for Jem and Scout. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. “ This quote really sums up Finch’s great parental advice. He is teaching his kids not to judge, and be more open-minded of things. Both approaches had different outcomes, Scout benefited from her father’s advice as opposed to
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Loving and protective and the other so selfish and demanding; so different, yet still so similar. A fathers intentions are to protect and guide their children through everything they go through; however Lord Capulet from “Romeo and Juliet” and Atticus Finch from “To Kill a Mockingbird” intentions are very similar even though the fathers were both put into different situations. The characters from the different literary masterpieces both feel like they are doing the best for their children, although their parental approaches are very different, they both have the same intentions.
Atticus, the strong and understanding tried to protect his children from the racism of Maycomb County. On the other hand, Capulet the heartless and controlling, tried tearing his daughters love apart for the sake of his family name, which is selfish. He turned his own kin against him, and had her disobey him. “But, an you will not wed, I’ll pardon you.” In this quote said by Lord Capulet to daughter, Juliet, is saying that if you don’t marry Paris, I will disown you, he will not break my promise to Paris. Rather than cruel, Atticus approached his time of parental guidance in a more of a pleasant manner; he exemplifies a role model for Jem and Scout. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. “ This quote really sums up Finch’s great parental advice. He is teaching his kids not to judge, and be more open-minded of things. Both approaches had different outcomes, Scout benefited from her father’s advice as opposed to